1980 United States presidential election in Texas

1980 United States presidential election in Texas

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Turnout	68.40% (of registered voters) 45.55% (of voting age population)[1]
Nominee Ronald Reagan Jimmy Carter Party Republican Democratic Home state California Georgia Running mate George H. W. Bush Walter Mondale Electoral vote 26 0 Popular vote 2,510,705 1,881,147 Percentage 55.28% 41.42%
County Results Congressional District Results Reagan   40–50%   50–60%   60–70%   70–80%   80–90% Carter   40–50%   50–60%   60–70%   70–80%
President before election Jimmy Carter Democratic Elected President Ronald Reagan Republican

The 1980 United States presidential election in Texas took place on November 4, 1980. All 50 states, and the District of Columbia, were part of the 1980 United States presidential election. Texas voters chose 26 electors to the Electoral College, which selected the president and vice president of the United States.

Texas was won by Ronald Reagan of California, who was running against incumbent President Jimmy Carter of Georgia. Reagan ran with former C.I.A. Director George H. W. Bush of Texas, and Carter ran with Vice President Walter Mondale of Minnesota. Despite Texas' 1976 support of Carter, the state supported Reagan by a wide margin in the midst of a national landslide.^[2]

Notwithstanding Carter's loss in Texas – which was his weakest state in the South or border states except Virginia and Oklahoma which Ford had narrowly carried in 1976.^[3] As of the 2020 presidential election, this is the last time that the following counties have voted for a Democratic presidential candidate: Cherokee, Coke, Erath, Kaufman, Leon, Somervell,^[a] Van Zandt and Wise.^[4]

59% of white voters supported Reagan while 37% supported Carter.^[5][6]

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